‘What the hell is this stuff?’: French people on the culture shock of flossing

To be fair, it's a bunch of random personal experiences that in no way represent France as a whole. Fil dentaire has existed for decades here, people use them if they want to, in addition to brushing their teeth three times a day after each meal. The fact that the article translates it to soie dentaire which is exclusively French Canadian makes me very distrustful of the author...

Google Translate suggested “passer la soie dentaire”, which roughly translates to “passing dental silk between your teeth”.

What kind of journalist relies on google translate for a translation and not fact check...

I hardly believe that the whole population of france doesn't know what flossing is

much like bidets, water picks are better.